Manager – Electromobility Application & Installation

Our employees describe Volvo Penta as a great place to work, built upon respect and commitment.
Being part of our team means being a part of highly skilled and proud professionals who work with passion and trust.


Volvo Penta develop world-leading complete drive systems for marine and industrial applications, with the strong vision to be leader in sustainable power solutions. We are an exciting and highly innovative company facing many positive challenges and opportunities. We embrace the change to stay ahead and now it is time for us to prepare the next generation products and solutions.


The electromobility department at Volvo Penta is a diverse team and consist of 5 groups and in total 65 engineers. We have a close collaboration within the electromobility department as well as with specific development projects.


We are now looking for the Manager for Application & Installation team within Electromobility at Volvo Penta.


Role description:
As manager for the Application & Installation team you will, with your team, be responsible for the development in our application projects together with our end customers. The group is also responsible for internal test applications both for marine and industrial.


Together with colleagues at Volvo Penta and within the Volvo Group, you will maintain and develop the long-term plans for this area supporting the Volvo Penta electromobility platform for marine and industrial applications worldwide.


Key responsibilities:
Engineering and Technology, lead the team responsible for Application & Installation within Electromobility at Volvo Penta.
Budget, accountable for team budget and engineering costs within your field of responsibility.
Product Owner, you are the product owner for the applications we have in production.
People, you are coaching, building knowledge, and leading your engineering team of 12 highly motivated engineers.
Development of working processes and practices within your area of responsibility in the quest for continuous improvement.
Speed in execution and creating flow is a key asset for the role.



Competence Profile:
Dedication to customer success, ability to build deep understanding of customer needs and capability to translate this into vision and plans supporting the overall targets for the R&D community.
Hands on visionary, meaning the ability to convey a compelling vision but also the competence to bring it down to real roadmaps and actions.
Teamwork and collaborative spirit, to be able to build on the pool of knowledge and assets within Volvo Penta, the broader Volvo Group as well as external partners.
Leadership, you are capable of leading and motivating your entire team to further build processes and skills to execute set plans and meet set targets. Your quest for continuous improvements is a key asset. You are motivated by working in close collaboration with your team supporting decision making and developing workstreams.
Transformation, you will lead during transformation where responsiveness is key moving forward. Your quest for continuous improvements is a key asset.
Extensive Engineering experience, with a passion for Electric and Hybrid drivelines both in Marine and Industrial applications



We strongly believe that high performance comes from having fun at work, and the interest to think outside the box. Willingness to change is the key to success and we strive towards using your curiosity and teamwork to find solutions.


We expect you are a social person who enjoys working with others in flexible team constellations.


We believe you have a relevant university degree and experience from leading development in the electromobility area. You are fluent in English both in business and privately as well as in speaking and writing.


As the most successful candidate you will show a winning attitude and great persona in combination with a strong track record and references. In prioritizing candidates, we will pay attention to matching your profile to our team diversity since we have a strong belief in the diversity aspect within our organization. Our people make the difference


The position is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.


Timeline
Last application date is 7th June


For further information, please contact:
Hiring Manager: Lars Johansson, Director Electromobility, +46 73 9025686


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